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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2641,Lat: 47.2481
Elevation	330 meter above sea level
Local time	2:17:14am
Name province/region	Bistriţa-Năsaud
Name Subregion	Chiuza

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Floreşti	1.5 km	SouthEast
2 Chiuza	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Mocod	3 km	NorthEast
4 Nimigea de Jos	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Mireş	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	343 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	348 km	East
3 Budapest	Hungary	392 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 452 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Ukraine.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Somes, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Ţaga (1.8 km² at a distance of 37.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 70.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Transylvanian Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lviv International Airport (at a distance of 287 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cluj-Napoca International Airport (at a distance of 68 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.6%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

55.5 km2

70.6%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piatra in country Romania

Piatra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of Maramureş	Romania	66 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	121 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Churches of Moldavia	Romania	124 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Some?ul Mare	RO	0.5 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Piatra
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chiuza

Type of weather in Chiuza	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	04:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:40 Europe/Amsterdam